Sway / Sante Palumbo ~ Italy ***REISSUED***

Sway. 1973 CPT

***Reissued by Schema Nov 2016 LP/CD

UMR review

Priority: 2

7/7/10 (new entry); 12/3/16 (complete)

Iliad ~ USA

Distances. 1976 Northern Lights

UMR reviews

Sapphire House. 1978 Northern Lights

Priority: 1 (for Sapphire House)

2/22/15 (new entry); 11/8/16 (update)

Kiyoshi Tanaka and Super Session ~ Japan (aka Seiji Tanaka To Super Session) ***REISSUED***

Kiyoshi Tanaka & Super Session - British Rock Live In Japan. 1972 Teichiku

UMR review

6/19/15 (new entry); 10/15/16 (complete)

Leaving the original AC's notes here: "While drummer Tanaka is ostensibly the leader of this particular studio group, it's really just another incarnation of the Hoguchi/Mizutani gang heard on so many of these sessions. However, by this time they had lost their minds entirely and exited the studio having belched out one of the most insanely over the top instrumental psych/prog freakouts ever to defile the ears of man. This thing was touted to be a live concert of popular British/American psych/rock tunes by artists such as Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. Except that it's absolutely none of the above. A little fake audience noise can't hide the fact that this is a (very well recorded) "live in the studio" jam session, and there's nary a hint of any cover material at all. Instead, we're assaulted with an amazingly long (almost a full hour!) instrumental blowout, divided into two continuously running side-long tracks. It all seems to be semi-improvised, driven by pummeling rhythms that sort of ebb and flow while the bass, guitar and organ converge and coalesce into one freaky jam after another. Even the most stoned-out-of-their-minds krautrockers would have been shocked by this level of depravity. This is so excessive in fact, that one might imagine modern Japanese psychonauts like Acid Mothers Temple having descended directly from this family tree. Except that they didn't, and this is about ten thousand times cooler. Needs a reissue ASAP, but I'm not sure these guys even remember recording it at this point..."

Osamu Kitajima, Japan ***REISSUED***

Benzaiten. 1975 Antilles

***Reissued by PSI (Germany) 2016

Definitely one of the more recognizable albums in the CDRWL. Kitajima's album received relatively good distribution in the US due to it being on the Antilles label, benefiting no doubt from Jade Warrior's presence. I've had this album for well over 20 years, and I'm pretty sure it's still somewhat easy to find on LP. 

This past December we featured extremely rare albums by Toshiaki Yokota (Primitive Community) and Rock Joint Biwa (Fulukotofumi). Kitajima's debut album fits squarely in the same mold. This is truly a world fusion - a melting pot of Western rock and Japanese indigenous music. Very few have pulled it off so well as Kitajima does here. Either they fall prey to new age sappiness, or worse, move towards amateurish exploitation. This is a serious work, and the type of rock influenced world music that still hasn't been explored much at all. I for one would like to hear more.

Priority: 2

2/23/11 (new entry); 10/14/16 (complete)

Amos Key ~ Germany ***REISSUED***

First Key. 1973 Aamok / Spiegelei

***Reissued by Long Hair 2016

UMR review

Priority: 2

12/18/10 (new entry); 9/15/16 (complete)

Hydravion ~ France ***REISSUED***

Hydravion. 1977 Cobra
Stratos Airlines. 1979 Carrere

***Reissued by Cleopatra in 2016 as part of the Philippe Besombes Anthology

UMR review

Priority: 2

8/28/09 (new entry); 8/12/16 (complete)

Laurence Vanay ~ France ***REISSUED***

Galaxies. 1974 SFP (Societe Francaise de Productions Phonographiques)
Gateway Evening Colours. 1975 Galloway (aka "Evening Colours" 1976 CAM)

***Reissued by Lion Productions 2013; 2016

Moved to UMR

Priority: 1

6/14/09 (new entry); 9/11/13; 7/28/16 (complete)

Tyll ~ Germany ***REISSUED***

Sexphonie. 1974 Kerston

***Reissued by Mental Experience Jun 2016

UMR review

Priority: 3

10/27/09 (new entry); 6/2/16 (complete)

MacArthur ~ USA

MacArthur. 1979 private
MacArthur II. 1982 private

***Debut album reissued by Out-Sider, Apr 2016

UMR reviews

Priority: 1

7/22/10 (new entry); 4/1/16 (debut reissued)